Exercícios:
Inglês
para
Concursos
Públicos
Bancas
• FCC
• ESAF
• CESPE
False Cognates
• Actually (adv) - na verdade , de fato
Agenda (n) - pauta do dia, pauta para discussões Amass (v) - acumular, juntar
Antecipate (v) - prever; aguardar, ficar na expectativa Application (n) - inscrição, registro, uso
Appointment (n) - hora marcada, compromisso profissional Appreciation (n) - gratidão, reconhecimento
Argument (n) - discussão, bate boca Assist (v) - ajudar, dar assistência
Assume (v) - presumir, aceitar como verdadeiro Attend (v) - assistir, participar de
Audience (n) - platéia, público
Balcony (n) - sacada, varanda suspensa Beef (n) - carne de boi/vaca
• Brand (n) - marca
Cafeteria (n) - refeitório, bandejão Camera (n) - máquina fotográfica
Carton (n) - caixa de papelão, embalagem "longa vida"
Casualty (n) - baixas (mortes ocorridas em acidente ou guerra) • China (n) – louça de porcelana
False Cognates
Comprehensive (adj) - abrangente, amplo,
extenso
Compromise (v) - entrar em acordo, fazer
concessão
Conceal (v)- esconder
Confident (adj ) - confiante
Contest (n) - competição, concurso
Convenient (adj) - prático
Costume (n) - fantasia (roupa)
False Cognates
Editor (n) - redator
Educated (adj) - instruído
Emission (n) - descarga (de gases, etc.) Engaged ( adj ) - noivo
Enroll (v) - inscrever-se, registrar-se
Eventually (adv) - finalmente, conseqüentemente Exit (n, v) - saída, sair
Expert (n) - especialista, perito Exquisite (adj.) - belo, refinado Fabric (n) - tecido
Genial (adj) - afável, aprazível
Graduate program (n) - Curso de pós-graduação Gratuity (n) - gratificação, gorjeta
Grip (v) - agarrar firme
Hazard (n,v) - risco, perigo, arriscar Idiom (n) - expressão idiomática
False Cognates
Injury (n) - ferimento
Inscription (n) - gravação em relevo (sobre pedra, metal, etc.) Intend (v) - pretender, ter intenção
Intoxication (n) - embriaguez, efeito de drogas
Journal (n) - periódico, revista especializada, diário pessoal Lamp (n) - lustre, abajur
Large (adj) - grande, espaçoso Lecture (n) - palestra
Legend (n) - lenda Library (n) - biblioteca
Limp ( adj /v ) – manco ,mancar Lunch (n) - almoço
Magazine (n) - revista Mayor (n) - prefeito
False Cognates
• Novel (n) - romance
Office (n) - escritório
Parents (n) - pais
Particular (adj) - específico, exato
Pasta (n) - massa (alimento)
Policy (n) - política (diretrizes)
Port (n) - porto
Prejudice (n) - preconceito
Prescribe (v) - receitar
Preservative (n) - conservante
Pretend (v) - fingir
Private (adj) - particular
Propaganda (n) - divulgação / propaganda de idéias
Pull (v) - puxar
False Cognates
• Novel (n) - romance
Office (n) - escritório
Parents (n) - pais
Particular (adj) - específico, exato
Pasta (n) - massa (alimento)
Policy (n) - política (diretrizes)
Port (n) - porto
Prejudice (n) - preconceito
Prescribe (v) - receitar
Preservative (n) - conservante
Pretend (v) - fingir
Private (adj) - particular
Propaganda (n) - divulgação / propaganda de idéias
Pull (v) - puxar
False Cognates
Record (v, n) - gravar, disco, gravação, registro Relapse (n) - recaída
Requirement (n) - requisito Resume (v) - retomar, reiniciar
Résumé (n) - curriculum vitae, currículo Retired (adj) - aposentado
Senior (n) - idoso
Sensible (adj ) – sensato Sensitive (adj ) - sensível Service (n) - atendimento Stranger (n) - desconhecido Stupid (adj) - burro
Support (v) - apoiar Tax (n) - imposto
Trainer (n) - preparador físico
Turn (n, v) - vez, volta, curva; virar, girar Vegetables (n) - verduras
“You just gave an important talk about a new
initiative. Maybe 40 employees were there, all
“key players,” you called us. I was the guy in the
back of the room with the curly hair.
You’ve seen
me a bunch of times, mostly in the stairwell and
the cafeteria. Bob is what you call me.
(Name’s
actually Rob, but
I’ll try not to hold that against
you.) If my opinion really mattered,
I’d tell you
what Iiked about your presentation to your face. I
probably
wouldn’t mention what I didn’t like. But
here, why not lay it all out for you? You can take
it or leave it.”
# 1
According to paragraph 1, we may infer that the writer of he article (A) wonders whether the presenter would care to hear the writer’s own
opinion on the talk.
(B) seems to be a very close friend of the speaker, given their frequent meetings in the cafeteria.
(C) would have considered the business talk a relevant one if more employees had been invited to attend it.
(D) believes that his comments on the presentation will not help the speaker improve his performance in public.
(E) deeply regrets the fact that the speaker was incapable of recalling who he was and where they had met before
.
# 2
The pairs below contain a fragment from Text III and a possible translation into Portuguese. Which CANNOT be considered a correct match?
(A) “Some of its key findings…” (line 12) / Alguns de seus principais
resultados...
(B) “…at an average annual rate…” (line 21) / ...a uma taxa média
anual…
(C) “…coupled with the slowing growth of the rural population…” (line 32) / …aliado ao crescimento mais lento da população rural...
(D) “...has led to...” (line 33) / ...teria levado a...
(E) “both with around 39 per cent...” (lines 44-45) / ...ambas com
